Following similar appointments over the past 11 years, the Real Estate division of a major US Oil Company has expressed its continuing confidence in Saltire by appointing it to provide claims defence and dispute resolution advice on a commercial building project in Papua New Guinea.

Saltire has been appointed to provide an ad hoc Contract review service to the UK Subsea Construction subsidiary of a major, US-based EPCI Contractor.

In September 2014, the Commercial Court handed down an unprecedented decision, finding that a liquidated damages (“LD”) clause in a contract was a “genuine pre-estimate of loss” at the time the parties entered into the contract, but later became a penalty upon amendment to reduce the contract price….

If there is no dispute, simply marking correspondence “without prejudice” will not protect it from disclosure in later legal proceedings. The parties may however agree that that should be its effect…..

In a recent case relating to the breach of various confidentiality obligations included in the parties’ original agreement (“Conductive Inkjet Technology Ltd v Uni-Pixel Displays Inc [2013] EWHC 2968)”:http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2013/2968.html, the High Court considered whether a contract can be formed in two different jurisdictions….

At the PILOT Share Fair, held on 6 November 2013 in Aberdeen, it was revealed that the North Sea still has a wealth of opportunities to offer in terms of investment. In particular, industry representatives agreed they felt confident about their current and future operations in the region, with interest in their activities running high during the afternoon…

Two recent Court of Appeal judgments (“PGF II SA v OMFS Company Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1288 “:http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/1288.html and “Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust [2004] 1 WLR 3002”:http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2004/576.html) have emphasised the need for the parties to a dispute to engage in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)…

Following similar appointments over the past 10 years, the Real Estate division of a major US Oil Company has expressed its continuing confidence in Saltire by appointing it to provide claims defence and dispute resolution advice on commercial & residential building projects in Nigeria.

Saltire has received an appointment from a major Oil & Gas Operator to provide Contractual Claims advice over the next 12 months on a Topsides fabrication project for the N. Sea.

A major Oil & Gas Operator has expressed its confidence in Saltire by appointing it to provide Claims Preparation and Dispute Resolution support in respect of a multi-million $ modification of an existing Floating Production vessel currently being refurbished in Europe.